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HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Hedychium greenii

Kaloko Road, Hawaii

SCARLET GINGER

Ornamental 5 feet tall, stems & underside of leaves reddish-brown, flowers bright orange.  Propagates via plantlets from flower head.  Original plant collected in Bhutan by H.F. Green in the early 1900's.  Also known as Hedychium greenei.

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